The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-02-18

uCSUdy.
The township Office seekers will soon be-
gin to move around.
E. G. Peterson is selling large quantities
OF clover and grass seed.
Watch for the street parade Of the ely
mer Family next Wednesday at noon.
Gloucester county farmers are blowing
and marking off ground fer melons.
Quite number OF our society people at
tended the Assembly ball in Salem last
night.
Another effort will be made soon to in
stitute lodge of knights Golden Eagle in
our town.
Next Tuesday, 22d, is Washingtons
Birthday legal holiday. The bank will
be closed.
W. P. Lippincott & Co. received a car
load Of fifty harrows of the Evans make
yesterday.
County examination for teachers certifi-
Gates will be held at Woodstown on Satur-
day, 26th inst
ION should never Judge a man by the
umbrella he carries. 1t often belongs to
somebody else.
Thos. Green killed three hpgs from his
own pen on Monday which weighed 485,
Ais and 800 pounds.
Thomas Shul is delivering fresh fish
from door to door from hand barrow. \
great accommodation.
The streets received scraping yester-
day. Let us hope that ''Probs' will give
them chance to dry this time.
Farmers and others making yendues
this spring have had tieklsh time SO far
in catching fair day for their sales.
Our people who growl about our muddy
streets ought to go to Woodbury. one time
and see the 'Broadway7 Of that city.
The children Of Reeve Fliteraft. who
have been Frustrated by serious Illness, we
are glad to state arc now in q fair way TO
recovery.
Cows are bringing very fair prices at
vendues. One sold at Joseph Coles sale
Yesterday brought $50, DR.. p. G. Souder
being the purchaser.
The ely Family. who perform in the
New Opera House next Wednesday even
ing, give perfectly pure and entertaining
performance. Don't miss them
Yesterday morning a sco@ broke the
dlawbridge over Raccoou creek. at Bridge
port and caused considerable delay to the
trains of the Delaware Shore Railroad.
Ira Coles. living near Duell's Corner,
has a cow which, a few days ago, gave
birth to a calf which weighed, six hours
after birth, 1870 pounds. The calf is a
IIolstein. This is considered remarkably
heavy weighs.
Indications are that the backbone OF old
winter is pretty eilectually broken. A
few more cold snaps may visit ms at inter
walls. but long cold snap is unlikely. At
least our weather editor says tla1 $ the
way his goose bone looks.
George W. Ycukcr, the well and fayora-
bly, known poultry dealer of Salem, will
commence the buying of poultry in the
Woodstown market next Monday, at the old
stand north OF Jos. Comitti's store. See
his card in another column.
J. G. Reeves has left at our office copy
of ''Secret Society Gossip" bright little
paper devoted to the interests of the order
of Knights of the Mystic Chain, and con-
tanning good likeness of ]. \. Wamsey,
NJ. D., of Gloucester City, who is Supreme
Commander of the order.
Although we printed an extra large edi
ton of the MONITOR last week, containing
the stenographic report of the address of
of Miss Frances Willard, the supply WIS
inadequate to meet the immense demand,
and we were unable to fill an order for 200
copies to one party, besides having to re-
turn several smaller orders.
The township authorities have had map
made for the guidance of the respective
overseers. This spring for the first time
the road oyerseers will be elected in their
several districts on the Thursday following
the annual town meeting, instead of being
voted for on the same ticket with other
township officers. This will save the town
ship officers vast deal of labor.
'sSprng fever" is beginning to assume
an epidemic form. 1t is NOT necessarily
fatal, but very apt to become chronic. A
sovereign remedy, in cases not too FAR gone,
is to select a good sized hickory log about
four feet in length, lay it across a saw
horse and rip the stuifing ont of it with
sharp wood saw. We will furnish the log,
saw and saw horse free to all sufferers who
will apply at our back yard.
1IdSJ SATURDAY HlSHb lhicfCS sotiSiA W
effect an entrance into J. g. Stretch's car
penter shop on Dickinson street, by prying
open the door leading to the engine room in
the rear, but their efforts dislodged lot of
iron pipe placed over the door and it came
to the ground with crash, which doubt
less frightened the thieves away, as they
did not succeed in effeetin9 an entrance so
far as could be aseertained.
1t appears probable that the days of
patent fruit jars are ended, since the tes-
timony is 50 satisfactory in favor of tying
cotton batting over the mouth of the jar
containing the fruit. The fruit is cooked
or rather brought to the boiling point,
and tEen poured hot into the jars, which
are at once covered with white paper, and
over that layer of cotton batting, just as
it comes off the roll, and tied down Sc
curely with cotton Irvine. The philosophy
of it is that the cotton prevents the en-
trance of bacteria, which are the cause of
all fermcnts.
1. q. q. II. Proclamation.
The following official proclamation has